Archive for the tag 'cold'

Oct 29 2008

Swimming in the Ocean at Night

Published by neal under Training

Last night I swam in black glass, as my friend Laurin calls it. We jumped into the San Francisco Bay ocean water after dark. It was so darn peaceful as the light of the Ghirardelli Chocholate Factory shone across the black glassy water. These are the nights that can make any workday worth living. It was a wonderful [...]

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Jul 16 2008

Day 22 - We swam the English Channel

Published by Team under Event

14 hours 23 minutes

We made it! Everyone helped! It was awesome!
It was a gorgeous day for a swim from England to France. The middle map pretty well tells the story of our relay swim across the English Channel. We started the morning off strong on Shakespeare Beach and finished the day cold and [...]

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Jun 29 2008

Day 5 - to Emerald City

Published by neal under Event

Ride stats today

Perth to Edinburg
60 miles
3000 feet climbed
1 huge bridge
1500 sheep

Our blog today will come in the form of 3 videos.  We’re too tired to blog.  Short version…Ride today was scheduled to be 40 miles.  Arrived at Edinburgh bridge (5 miles to hotel) at 2 PM.  Arrived at hotel just after 4 PM.  We saw [...]

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Jun 11 2008

California Dreamin’

Published by adam under Training

It’s coming down to D-day. Less than two weeks! This past weekend, in final preps for our journey, I left the loving comfort of my family and my new Denver home and headed west to the land of fruit and nuts. The San Francisco Bay is a phenomenal training ground for the [...]

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Apr 28 2008

English Channel temps rise above 50F, hurray!

Published by neal under Logistics

The water temp in the English Channel has begun to rise above 50F. This is the natural spring-time tendency of the channel and it’s great news for us swimmers. NOAA shows us water temps, conditions and neat little graphs that I wish had a longer time-scale.

Wind Direction (WDIR):
SSW ( 210 deg true )

Wind Speed (WSPD):
15.9 [...]

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Apr 27 2008

Biking in Valley Forge National Park

Published by neal under Training

Biked in Valley Forge National Park today. This beautiful park is 25 miles north of Philadelphia. The bike ride was fast and beautiful and I had to share some pictures.
[Special section for history nerds] Valley Forge was the site where General Washington stationed 12,000 soldiers during the winter of 1777. The Confederates had [...]

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